Autographic register



Dec. 4, 1928.

-L. F. HAGEMANN AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Dec. 8. 1920 3 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR ATTORNEY Dec. 4, 1928. I 1,693,982

L F. HAGEMANN AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER INVENTOR lg nuw I ATTORN EY 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Dec. 4, 1'92s.-

L. F. 'HAGEMANN AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Flled Dec 8. 1920 INVENTOR I 2 ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 4, 1928.

PATENT OFFICE.-

LOUIS F HAGEMANN, OF NIAGARA FALLS,

BOOK GOMIPANY, LIMITED, 01E TORONT ONTARIO, CANADA.

ONT RIO, CANADA, A- conromrm'nor- AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

' Application filed December a, 1920. Serial No. 429,069.

This invention relates to apparatus for in I termittently feeding and aligning strips, or

webs of paper, and with respect to its more specific features, t0 the feeding, and alignlng of superposed paper webs associated in a manifolding autographic register, together with the efiicient storing ofone or more of the webs in the register.

One of the objects'of the invention 1s the provision of a simpleand practicalapparatus of thecharacter referred to for gathering the unsevered webs, or one of them, into a compact-bundle, or roll, and accurately aligning or registeringv the printedforms, or other 1ndicia, on succeeding portions of the web or the web s. A

' Another object of the invention 1s the provision of an efficient and practical device for taking up the Webs, or one of them, which device nevertheless permits the web attached thereto to accurately align or register relative to the machine, or relative to other webs in superposed relation to the web to be taken Another object of the lnventlonis the provision of constructionofsimple' and practical character for the purposes referred to, which may be readily taken apart or assembled -for threading, -mounting, cleaning, -repairing,

etc.

Theinvention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts whichwill be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims. f

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, wherein similar reference characters refer .to similar parts throughout the several views,-'

Figural is a side elet'ation of an auto-- graphic register embodying the invention herein referred to;

Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal vertical section'of Fig. 1}

Fig. 3 is a view ofthe feed end of the register with the door thrown down, the take-up roller and certain adjuncts being'shown in vertical section; v

Fig.- i is a'longitudin'al vertical section of the feed end. of the register, showing the feed and take-up enlarged over Fig, 2 for clearerv disclosure, and r Fig. 5 is a plan view of the register,.the handle being in section.

Figs. 6, 7 and 8 represent register.

details of the Referring now more specifically to the drawings, the register embodies a light.me-

NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 AMERICAN sALE's tallic frame providing end walls 1 and'2 and 1 two side walls 3 forming a chamber for the reception of the webs or rolls of record. strip,

three of which rolls are illustrated at 4, 5,v I

and 6. In the present embodiment each roll may rest upon bottom flanges 7 fastened to the sides 3 andalso upon inclined ways, or plates 8, supported by the side plates 3. From each of the rolls 4:, 5 and 6, the several webs are passed around guide rollers 9, 10 and 11, respectively, over a platen 13 and thence. between the feed rolls of the machine, all as illustrated in Fig. 2. From this construc tion it will be perceived that when the webs are-pulled or fed to the right in Fig. 2, the

rolls 4, 5 and 6 tend to be drawn up the in-' clines 8 and thereby exert a certain tension upon the respective webs tending to retract -the webs. It is to be understood, however, that any other practical form of web tensioning means is within the purview of this invention or the natural tension of the web may suffice in some instances. I

The feeding of the Webs is effected by a feed roller and cooperative member adapted to grip the webs. As illustrated, the. cooperative member is also a roller. The numeral 12 indicates a shaft, journaled in the .side walls of the frame, provided with a handle 13 for rotating the same and having a pair of feed discs, or feed rolls or rollers, 14 which operate in conjunction with the cooperative member, or roller, 15 to grip'and feed the webs lying therebetween. Each web has a series L 2 similar formsprinted thereon as ininstance, two apertures 17, of which one ap-' pears in Fig. 3, transversely in alignment with each other, the successive apertures bei'ng longitudinally in alignment with the discs 14. Certain portions of the gripping surfaces of the discs 14 are of a narrow wldth to enter the apertures 17 when the latter come between these discs and the roller 15 so that at that time the particular web is re- 'lieved from the grip of the feed rolls, and

access to the chamber and interior parts.

The upper feed roller has bearingsor journals, 20 at each end which lie in slots 21 in the end walls 22 of a housing 23 at the front end of the cover, said housing being an arched chamber integral with the cover 18; The

1 bottom walls of the slots 21 are formed by removable plates 24 held in place by screws. The journals 2O bear, at times, on the plates 24 and are spring-pressed downwardly by. springs 25 pressing against the followers 26. The proportion of parts is such that when the cover 18 is in the closed position, as illustrated in Fig. 2, for instance, the upper roller 15 is spring pressed towards the discs 14, the journals 20 being lifted somewhat as the bearing plates 24. Thus there is a resilient gripping effect by the feed rolls on the webs.

In the present embodiment the peripheral dimension of the disc 14 is slightly "greater than the distance between successive sets of v apertures 17 so that one rotation of these discs feeds the webs an amount ap'proximatelyequal to the distance between the successive sets of apertures whereupon the advance of the webs by the web feed device ceases and the rotation of the disks 1.4 is arrested. The numeral 27 i start the feed of the paper webs after their advance has been arrested by the apertures coming between the feed rolls, which means also cooperates to hold the webs in their relative aligned position attained. In the present-embodiment the starting and holding eans is provided by widening the discs 14 Q grip the webs atthe sides of the or a short portion of the periphery thereof.

. As illustrated each disc is in'efiect wideneth j by being provided with the laterally disposed; curved plates 40 which may be cast integrally.

therewithor bolted thereto andare flush with the edges of the discs These plates, or 'web holding and starting devices, are disposed to apertures 17 at intervals. 7

One-end of the' roller 15 is'provided with :gear teeth 41 which mesh with teeth of a gear 42 rotating with the shaft 12 so that rotation the web .feed means and, in in-- stance, operating tojtake ,upfthe-lqwermost web, indicated at 58, the two other" webs 59 neeaesa of the two feed rollers'is positively effected, one in conjunction with the other. j

The numerals 43 indicate pins which are separate from the feed mechanism and are adapted to register the two upper webs relative to-each otherand to the machine, when applying the webs to the machines. These .pins are stationary when the machine is op- 'erated, and are mounted upon the front end of the machine in advance of the lineof gripbetween the feed rolls so as to permit the Webs to readily move thereover and to disengaged therefrom upon an advance move ment of the webs. The pine 43 are trans versely inalignment with each other and longitudinally in alignment with the apertures,

17. They are placed at a readily accessible portion of the machine in front of the feed mechanism and in this embodiment are on the door which forms the front wall.

The numeral 44 indicates the tearing bar which, in the present embodiment, is formed by the lower front edgeof the housing 23. It will be'obse'rved that the tearing bar 44 moves with the cover 18 on the hinge or pivot 19, said cover being pivoted at the points 19 through the instrumentalit of the arms 45 I extending from each side 0 the front end of the cover. .When the cover is lowered to the position'illustrated in Fig. 2 it may be locked down by any suitable means.

The numeral-5O indicates a receptacle for carbon paper sheets which are intended to extend laterally between the webs and the free ends of the carbon paper sheets may be held at the other side of the machine by some appropriate device. 4

The numeral'55 indicates a pawl pivoted on the inner face of one of the plates "3fand adapted to engage a tooth 56 on a collar on the shaft 12 just before or at the instant the pin 30 engages the stop 27. The-pa'wl 55 coop 'erates with the pin 27 to resistth'e accidental;

operation of the feed rolls in either direction when the webs are heldby the plates 40. f Itwill be understood 'thatshould the dis tance between the successive sets of apertures 17 be greater than the periphe al the'feed disks,'a s, forinstance, twice a'sf T a: the feed disks may be turned twice-to ring up the next'set o apertures to. position tween the feed rolls.

A web take-up device isprovided located within the chamber of the maeli so that the webs, or web, gathered may be concealed and "unauthoriaed thereto prevented. This take the present embodiment, includes spoolor roller-57, connected for o "and'60 passing out Of the register beneath the tearing bar 44 and over the inwardlyextending end of the frontwall I, which wall may On one end of this shaft is fixed a gear 63,

which lies in a recess in a side frame 3 and mesheswith an intermediate pinion 64, which spool or roller 57,'and around the sleeve 71.

latter in turn-meshes with the gear 42, so that upon rotation of the gear 42 b operating the handle 13, rotation of the sha t 62 is effected. On one end of the shaft 62 at the side of the pinion 63' is rotatably mounted a bearing piece 65 having a flange 66 adapted to bear against the outside of the frame wall 3, the piece 65 bein kept on the shaft by a suitable washer 6 The piece 65 is as large or larger in diameter than the shaft' 62 and the gear 63 and lies removably in an opening, or seat 68, in the side wall 3, when the shaft 62 is in operative position, being kept in said opening by a keeper 69 pivoted to the side frame 3 at 70 which keeper may be moved out of contact with the piece 65 and permit the latter and the parts attached thereto to be withdrawn from the machinethrough the opening 68. The shaft 62 may rotate relative to the take-up spool 57. concentrically mounted on this shaft is a sleeve 71 rotatable relative to the shaft 62 and to the take-up is coiled a spring 72 positively attached at one point or end 72' to the spool and at a different point or end 73' to the sleeve 71, so that rotation of the sleeve 71 in a direction to take up the web tends to move the ends of the spring 72 relative to each other and so increase the tension of the spring when the rotation of the take-up rolleris arrested.

In the embodiment illustrated'the take-up spool 57 may be actuated from the web feeding means through the train of connections including gears 42, 64 and 63, the shaft 62, the sleeve 71 and spring 72'. The shaft 62 cooperates with the sleeve 71 to form ai'friction clutch, or-connection, adapted'to yield and permit'operation of the feed means while the take-up spool 57 is held from rotation. As illustrated, the shaft 62 is composed of a rod having an intermediate portion slitted and expanded to h ave sufficient frictional contact against'the' inner face of'the sleeve 71 to cause said-sleeve to rotate Withthc shaft 62 unless e ffectively restrained.

' The numeral 73 indicates a web attaching bar which rotates with the take-up roller and to which the end of the web to be taken up may be attached. This bar is movable transversely of the ax-is of the take-up roller and has arms 74 passing through the ends of the rollerandadapted to contact the surface of the shaft 62 when the latter is in operative position in the sleeve 71. In this wise the bar 73 is held in an outer-position permitting the web to be readily wrapped therearound for attachment. Upon the withdrawal of the bar 73 from the take-up spool, or roller, the bar 7 3 may be moved into contact with the surface of such spool so as to permit the accumulation of web coiled therearound.

The expansion oft-he intermediate portion of the shaft 62 results in the smaller ends thereof which may contact with the arms 74,

as stated.

At times in the operation of the register it is desirable to arrestthe operation of the takeup roller and also to arrestrotative displace ment of that end-of the spring 72 which is operatively connected to the take-up roller. To this end one end of the take-up roller 57 has fixed thereto a ratchet-wheel 75, and a pawl 76 pivoted to a side frame of the ma- .chine at 77 may be actuated from the web spool to be more readily Withdrawn from the feeding means so as to permit it to be urged into engagement with the ratchet wheel to arrest rotation of the latter or to-be withdrawn from the ratchet wheel to permit rotation of the latter and take-up spool 'connected thereto. In the present embodiment the pawl 76 hasan arm 78 to which is connected a spring 79, which spring tends to move the pawl into engagement with the teeth of the ratchet wheel. The upper end 80 of the arm of the pawl, when the latter is in engagement with the ratchet Wheel, lies in the path of one or more rotatively translatable lugs or pins 81 adapted to successively actuate the pawl and free the same from engagement with the ratchet wheel at predetermined times. The lugs 81 .are carried on the face of the gear wheel 42 and move the pawl in opposition to the spring 79.

The machine may be threaded by first:

throwing up the'cover '18 on its hinges 19 and opening the door which is hinged at 61.

The Web supply rolls 4, 5, and 6 may then be placed in position upon the bottom flanges 7 and the web's drawn from these rolls and ,passed. around-the respective guide rollers 9,

1( and 11 and in superposedrelation over the platen 13; thence overthe lower feed rollers or disks 14. Suitable transfer, or carbon sheets, may be placed between the intermediate web and the ones above and below it above the platen 13', and these carbon sheets may be drawn from a roll or rolls lying in the receptacle 50 at one side of the frame of the machine. The opposite ends of the carbon sheets may be held in place by any suitable device-at the other side of the mar chine." The front end of the bottom web is then attached to the attaching bar 73 while the bar is held in its outer position by contact with the shaft 62. A turn or 'twoof the handle 13 will rollup a portion of theweb on the lower end of the take-up spool. The door 1 may then be closed, first lifting the advanceends of thetwo outer webs so as ito permitthe inner end of the door to enter between. the lower web and the one above it. Preliminary alignment of the two outerwebs may then be efi'ected by pulling each until a set of aligning apertures engagesthe pins'43. Preferably,.at this time, the aligning aperturesin the lower web should be in front of the rollers 14 a distance equal to .the distance of the pins 43 from the upper edge of the rollers 14 The cover may then bb lowered so as to cause the upper feed roller 15 to cooperate with the rollers 14 to yieldingly grip the webs. By then turnin the handle 13 the webs may be fed an the lower Web taken up on the spool 57 until the next set of aligning apertures comes between the feed rolls, permitting the webs to align, and so that a slight further vfeed operation will cause the plates to advance the webs slightly and holdthem. The handle 13 will then be in contact with the stop 27 and retrograde rotation of the lower feed rolls-prevented by the pawl 55. The webs will then be held in alignment ready for inscription and for the tearing off of the advance ends of the two upper webs on the tearing bar 44.

. Before the grip on the webs is relieved by the aligning apertures coming between the feed rolls, rotation of the take-up spool 57 p is arrested by the pawl 76, one of the pawlactuating pins 81 releasing this pawl and ermitting the spring 79 to urge the pawl into engagement, with the teeth of the ratchet wheel 75. This stoppage continues until'the webs are held by the plates 40. But as the feed operation continues the webs advance and slack is produced in the lower web 58between the feed rollers and the take-up spool.

Upon the relief of grip consequent upon the aligning apertures coming between the feed rolleis, alignment of all the webs may take place under the influence of the tension, or tendency of the webs to retract, and it will be observed that the slack provided in the lowermost web at this time permits this webto retract rearwardly and align itself with the others, notwithstanding thefact that this web is attached to and will ultimately be rolled up on the take-up spoolf After this; aligning the plates 40 take hold as above tures arrive imposition to relieve the of the feed rollers on the webs. At one or more points during this revolution the pawl 76 may hold the take-up spool from rotation with the result that the connections between the web feeding devices and the sleeve 71 will rotate'said sleeve and thereby potentialize or tension the spring 72, which latter,' as has already appeared,"is yieldingly'coupled on latedupon the take-up spool 57 the keeper 69 is thrown from in front of the bearing piece to permit this piece together with the shaft 62 and the gear 63 to be withdrawn laterally through the opening 68 in the frame in which the bearing piece 65 is seated. The removal of the shaft 62 relieves the attaching bar 73 and'permits it to collapse against the roller 57 Thereupon the take-up spool and the attaching bar carried thereby, togetherwith the roll of web on the spool, may be drawn out of the chamber of the machine, and the take-up spool together with the attaching bar readily withdrawn from the center of the roll of web.

To reset the take-upspool in position for a new supply of web, the spool is first intro duced intothe chamber of the machine and then the shaft 62 introduced through opening 68 so as to extend through the take-up spool,

the bearing piece 65 being eventually seated in the opening 68, whereupon the gear 63 will'be inmesh with the gear 64 and the machine be ready to receive a new supply of web. Thus, by the above described construction are accomplished, among others, thobjects heerinbefore referred to. Y

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this inventlon could be madewithout departing from thescope thereof, it is intended-that all mat-i ter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the language used in the following claimsjisintended to cover all of the and specific features of the-invention herein described; and all I statements ofithe 0f invention which, as a matter'of m lghf t be said to fall therebet'wen.

Having described minimum, what I claim as new and Patent,is:-V I

L An apparatusof the character described I comprising, in combination, means for feedby Letters i ing a plurality of webs and for bringing the same into alignment, a web take-up device, means for driving the take-up device from the feed, including a spring adapted to exert resilient tension upon the web, and

locking mechanism automatically operated for locking at intervals said take-up device against take-up action during feeding operation of said feeding means.

3. An apparatus of the character described, comprising in combination, means for feeding a web, a web take-up device, and means for operating said take-up-device including a resilient member stressed by actuation of the feeding means so as to exert resilient tension upon the wpb during the feeding op eration.

4. An apparatus of the character de scribed, comprising in combination, means for feeding a web, a web take-up device, means for operating .said take-updevice adapted tdexert resilient tension upon the web during the feeding operation, and means for locking said take-up device against the operation of said operating means ata given point in the feeding operation.

5. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, web feed means, a web take-up device, a train of connections'between said take-up device, and, said feed means adapted to actuate said take-up de- -vice to effect web take-up during feeding actuation of the feed means, said train in cluding a spring motor interposed in the. connections, and a yieldingcoupling in said train connected to said spring motor on the side thereofleading to said feed means. K

i 6. In anapparatus of the character clescribed, in combination, a web feed means,

a web take-updevic'e, and a train of connections between said take-updevice and; said feed means adapted to actuate said take-up device from said feed means, including a.

spring interposed in the connection to permit arrest of said take-up device duringoperation of said feed means, said spring be ng yieldinglycoupled in the train on the-fside. leading to said feed means and positivelyattached, on the otherside, to said take-up device.

7. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, web "feed means, a

web take-up device, a train of connections between saidtake-up device and said feed said take-l p device during operation of said feed means, said spring being yieldingly conpled in the train, on the side leading to said feed means andlpositively attached, on the other side, to said take-up device, and means, cooperative with said feed means, adapted to arrest actuation of said take-up device.

8. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, web feed means, a

web take-up spool, a train of connections betweefi said spool and said feed means adapted to rotate said spool from said feed means including a spring positively attached at one point to said spool and frictionally coupled in the train at another point, a ratchet on said spool, a pawl to cooperate with said ratchet, and one or more pawl actuating pins to be actuated by said feed means.

' 9. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, web feed means, a web take-up spool, a train of connections between said spool and said feed means adapted to "rotate said spool from said feed means including a rotatable shaft in said spool, a sleeve on said shaft frictionally coupled thereto, a coil spring surrounding said sleeve and attached at different points to said sleeve and said spool, and means adapted to be actuated, by said feed means for arresting rotation of said spool. V

10. 'In an apparatus of the character de- -scribed, in combination, web feed means, a

web take-up spool, a train of connections between said spool and said feed means adapted to'rotate said spool from said feed means including a rotatable shaft in said spool, a sleeve on said shaft frictionally coupled 1 thereto, a coil spring surrounding said sleeve and attached at different points to said sleeve and said spool, and means adapted to be actuated by said feed means for arresting rotation' of said spool, includinga ratchet on said spool, a pawl to cooperate with said ratchet, I and one or more pawl actuating-pins to be actuated by said feed means.

11. 'In an apparatus of the character de scribed, in combination, means to intermit-- tently feed'a web and to release the web dur 'ing intermissions in the feedyawebtakealp device, and means to provide slack between the web feed and the take-up device when the 7 web isfirst released.

12. In an apparatus of the character described, in combinatiom'means to intermittent-ly feed a web and to release the web during intermissions in the feed, a web take-up device, means. to provide slack between the 5 web feed and the take-dip device when the web is first released,,including a spring motor p0 tentialized by the web feed, and means to re strain the operation ofthe motor, released by n the web feed. g q

13. In an apparatus of the character detake-up spool, means adapted to rotate said scribed, in combination, web feed means, a spool from said web feed means including a web take-up device, a spring-motor adapted shaft and a sleeve each rotatable relative to to operate said take-up device, one end of the said spool, a coil spring connected at one spring of said motor being operatively conpoint to said spool and at another point to nected to said take-up device, means operasaid sleeve, and means, operable from said tively connected to the other end of said feed means, adapted to arrest rotation of said spring adapted to move said last mentioned spool when said disk enters said aligning apend relative to the other end by operation of ertures. said feed means, and means adapted to arrest 19. In an apparatus of the character demovement of the first mentioned "end of said scribed, in combination, web feed means inspring. eluding a feed disk adapted to grip the web 14. In an apparatus of the character deand enter aligning apertures therein, a web scribed, in combination, web feed means, a take-up spool. means adapted to rotate said web take-up device, a spring-motor adapted spool from said web means including a shaft to operate said take'up device, one end of the and a sleeve each rotatable'relative to said spring'of said motor being operatively conspool and torminga iriclion clutch adapted to nected to said take-up device, means operas permit operation of said web feed means tively connected to the other end oi? said Without rotating said spool, a coil spring conspring adapted to move said last mentioned nected at one point to said spool and at anend relative to the other end by operation of gother point to said sleeve, and means, opersaid feed means, and means operable by said,al)lc from said feed means, adapted to arrest feed means adapted-to arrest movement of rotation of said spool when said disk enters the first mentioned end of said spring. said aligning apertures.

15. In an apparatus of the character de- 20. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, web feed means, a scribed, in combination, web feed means inweb take-up device, a spring-motor adapted cludingafeed disk adaptedtog'riptheweband to operate said take-up device, the spring of enter aligning apertures therein, a. web takes'aidmotor being operatively connected to up spool, means adapted to rotate said spool transmit power from said feed means to said from said web feed means including a shaft take-up device, and: locking mechanism for and a sleeve each rotatable relative to said in its outer position by said shaft.

locking said take-up device against take-up spool and forming a friction clutch adapted action by said spring. t0 perm1t operation of said web feed means 16. In an apparatus of the character dewlthout rotating said spool,acoil spring conscribed, in combination, means adapted to nectedatone po nttosaid spoolandatanother feed a web, a take-up roller, a spring operapoint to said sleeve, means, operable from said tively connected for rotation with said takefeed means, adapted to arrest rotation of up roller, means for rotating said take-up said'spool when said disk enters said aligning roller from said feed means through said apertures, a spool-arresting dog, a spring spring, a take-up roller arresting device opadapted tourge said dog into position to arerable by said feed means, said take-up roller rest rotation of said spool, and one or more rotating means including a sleeve rotatable rotatively translatable pinsinoved by said relative to said take-up roller and to which feed means to cause withdrawal of said dog one end of said spring is connected, a removfrom spool-arresting position, able rotatable shaft in said sleeve frictionally V y led t th latt r, and a web atta hing scribed, in combination, web feed n'xeans inbar carried by said take-up roller, movable eluding a pan of feed disks adapted to grip transversely thereof, and adapted to be held the web and enter aligning apertures therein, a web take-up spool, a shaft in said spool, ro

17. In an apparatus of the character detatable relative thereto and geared to said scribed, in combination, web feed means in web feed means, a sleeve Jn-said spool, friel di a f d di k da t d t ri th w b tionally engaging said shaft and rotatable,

and gnfer aligning apertures therein a, eb relative t0 said SPOOl and Sill (l shaft, a Spring take-up spool, means adapted to rotate said coiled around said sleeve and attached at one pogl f id b f d means i l di e point to said spool and at another po1nt to friction clutch adapted to'permit Operation sa d sleeve, a ratchet wheel rotatable with of said web feed means Without rotating said S id spool, a pawl for engaging said ratchet spool, and means, actuated automatically by Wheel, and 119 more pins rotatlvely trans- Ieeding operation of said web feed means lated by the feed means to free said pawl adapted to arrest rotation of said spool when from said ratchet wheel at predetermined said disk enters said aligning apertures.

times.

' g 1-8. In an apparatus of the character de- 22. In an apparatus'of the characterdescribed, in combination, web feed means in scribed, in combination. web feed means ineluding a feed disk adapted to grip the web eluding a pair of feed disks-adapted to grip andenter aligning apertures therein, a web the web and enter aligning aperturestherein,

21. In an apparatus of the character dewheel, one or more pins rotatably translated by the feed means to free said pawl from said ratchet wheel at predetermined times, and web-holding devices rotatable with said disks, adapted, at intervals, to grip the web to one side of the apertures. 1

23. In an apparatus of the character de scribed, in combination, web feed means ineluding a pair of feed disksadapted to grip the web and enter aligning apertures therein, a web take-up spool, a shaft in said spool, rotatable relative thereto and geared to said web feed means, a sleeve in said spool, fric tionally engaging said shaft and rotatable relative to said spool and said shaft, a spring coiled around said sleeve and attached at in the web between the feed means and the take-up device during the release of the webs.

.26. In an apparatus of the character vdescribed, in combination, means to feed superposed webs intermittently and to release the webs during the intermission, a web take-up one point to said spool and at another point' to said sleeve, a ratchet wheel rotatable with said'spool, a pawl for'engaging'said ratchet wheel, one or more pins rotatively translated by the feed means to free said pawl from said ratchet wheel at predetermined times, and

- a web attaching bar, rotatable with and transversely movable of saidspool, having arms adapted to'contact said shaft.

24. In a device of the character described, in combination, means, adapted tofeed a'plurality of superposed webs having aligning apertures spaced apart longitudinally of the webs, including a feed roller and, cooperative member to grip said webs, a portion -of the periphery of said roller being narrower than said apertures and adapted to enter said apertures to permit longitudinal adjustment of said webs, take-up means for one of said webs, including a webtake-up roller operatively connected for actuation:fro1n said feedipg means, a spring-motor connected for aclee t-u'ating said take-up roller, spring-motor ten sioning mechanism operatively connected for actuation from said feed means; the operative connections between said feed means, and said take-up roller and tensioning mechanism, including a clutch adapted to yield upon predetermined resistance to actuation of said take-up .roller and upon predetermined tensioning of said spring-motor, and means, controlled by said feed means, adapted, at

times, to arrestactuatioirof said take-rip roller. p I a 25. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means to feed superposed webs intermittently and to release the -webs during the intermission, a web take-up device, andLmeans adapted to provide slack adapted to relieve the grip on said webs after device, means adapted to provide slack in the Web between the feed means and the take-up device, and means adapted to operate said take up device from said feed means including a connection adapted to yield and permit operation of the feed means without operation of the take-up device while the webs are released.

27. In an apparatus of the character de-. scribed, in combination, means to feed superposed webs intermittently and to release the webs during the intermission, a web take-up device, means operable by the feed means adapted to arrest the operation of said takeup device While continuing the feed of the webs, and means adapted to-operate said takeup device from said feed means including a connection adapted to yield and permit operation of the feed means without operation of the take-up device while the webs are released.

28. In an, apparatus of .the character described, i combination, means adapted to grip and feed superposed webs, a web takeup device for one of said webs,-'means adapted to provide slack in the latter web between the feed means and the take-up device, and means adapted to relieve the grip on said webs after 7 the provision of said slack. thereby permitu ting the',webs to align relative to each other.

and means adapted to cause operation of iaidd take-up device while the webs are "being 30. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means adapted to grip andfeed superposed'webs, a web takeup device for one of said webs, means adapted to provide slack in the latter Webbetween the feed means and the take-up device, means the provision of said slack, thereby permitting the webs to align relative to each other, means adapted to hold the webs in their relative aligned position, a spring-motor adapted to cause operation of said take-up device while the webs are held, and means adapted to tension said springamotor by operation of said feed means. v

31. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means adapted to up device for one of said webs, means adapted clutched thereto, said sle'eveaiid spool rotatgrip and feed superpos'ed webs, a web taketo provide slack in the latter web between the feed means and the take-up device, means adapted to relieve the grip on said webs after the provision of said slack, thereby permitting the webs to align relative to each other,

' means adapted to hold the webs in their relative aligned position,/a spring-motor adapted to cause operation of said take-up device while the webs are held, and means adapted to tensionsaid s'pring-motor by operation of said feed means, including 'a connection adapted to yield and permit operationof the fee means without urther tensioning said spring-motor.

32. -In;an apparatus of the character described, in combinatiomrmeans adapted to feed superposed aperturedwebs including a feed roller adapted to grip the webs, a web take-up device, means adapted to provide slack in the web between the feed means and the take-up device, said feed roller having a portion adapted to enter the apertures to re-' lievethe grip on the webs,- and means adapted to arrest the opera'tionof said take-up device until after termination of said relief of grip while continuin the feed of the webs;

83,- In an app ratus of the character de-' scribed, in combination, means adapted to feed superposed apertured webs including a feed roller adapted to grip the webs, a web take-up ,device, means adapted to provide slack in the web betweenthe feed means and the take-u device, said feed roller having a portion a apted to enter the apertures to relieve the grip on thewebs and permit them to align relative to each other and a portion adapted to grip the webs at the side of said apertures and hold the webs in their rela tive aligned position, and means adapted to cause operation of said take-up device while said last mentioned portion of said feed roller is holding said webs. I

34. In anapparatus of the character described, in combination, aframe, ashaft 1'0 tatable in said frame, a rotatable take-up spool through which said shaftextends, a rdtatable .sleeve on said shaft frictionally able relative to each other, a coil sprin through which said-shaft and sleeve exten attached t a said sleeve and spool at different points, 'welnfeed means, spool arresting. devices actuated from" said feed means, and means for rotating said shaft from said web feed means.

35.Ii1 an apparatus of the character described', incombination, a frame, a shaft -rotatable in said frame, a rotatable takeup spool through which said shaft'extends, a=j,ro tatable' sleeve 4 on said shaft frictionally clutchedthereto,fsaid sleeve and spool rotatable relative .toeach other,' .a coil spring, through which said shaft and sleeve extend,

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attached to said sleeve and spool at different points, web feed means, spool arresting devices actuated from said feed means, means for rotating said shaft from said web feed means, including a gear on said shaft rotatable therewith, said frame having an opening larger in diameter than said gear, a bearing piece rotatively attached to said shaft removably seated insaid opening, and a keeper for said'bearing piece.

36. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means to feed super posed webs intermittently and to release the webs during the intermissions, a web take-up device, and means adapted to arrest theoperation of said take-up device while the webs are released.

37. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, means to feed superposed webs intermittently and to release the webs'during the intermissions, a web take-up device, and means adapted to operate said take-up device from said feed means including a connection adapted. to yield and permit operation of the feed means, while the webs are released, without take-up operation of the take up device.

38. In an apparatus of the character de scribed, in combination, means adapted to grip and feed superposed webs, a web takeup device for one of said webs, means adapted to provide slack in the latter web between the feed means and the take-up device, means adapted to relieve the grip on said webs after the provision of said slack, thereby permitting the webs to align relative to each other,

and means adapted to hold the webs in their relative aligned position.

39. In an apparatus of the character de-v scribed, in combination, means adapted to grip and feed superposed webs, a web takeup device for oneof said webs, means adapted to provide slack in the latter web between the feed means'and the take-up device, means adapted to relieve the grip on saidwebs after the provision of said slack, thereby permitting the webs to align relative to each other, and means adapted to cause operation of said take-up device .while the webs are held in alignment.

40. In an apparatus of the character dea scribed, in combination, means for feeding superposed webs, a .web take-up device, driving connections between said feeding means and said take-up devicefor'actuating the latter for take-up action during feeding actuation of the feeding means, means for-checking take-up actuation ofsaid take-up device during continud feeding actuation of the feeding means and a motor for driving said take-u device 'to 1 effect take-up atuation thereo .during fee d actuation of saidfeeding means. I

41'. In an apparatus ofthe character described, in combination, means adapted to feed superposed apertured webs including a adapted'to grip the webs at the side of said feed roller adapted to grip the webs, a web apertures and hold the webs in their relative 10 1 take-up .device, means adapted to provide aligned position and a motor adapted to slack in the web between the feed means and cause operation of said'take-up device While 5 the take-up device, said feed roller having a said last mentioned portion of said feed roller portion adapted to enter the apertures to reis holclin said webs. liove the grip on the webs and permit them In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. to align relative to each other and a portion LOUIS F. HAGEMANN. 

